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The Tiger Who Came to Tea

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Author : Judith Kerr
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780007266449
Edition : flocked 40th anniversary ed
ISBN : 0007266448
Label : HarperCollins Children's Books
Manufacturer : HarperCollins Children's Books
Number of pages : 32
Publication date : 2008-04-01
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Books
Title : The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Format : Special Edition
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Studio : HarperCollins Children's Books

Editorial reviews

Review
'Near perfection of form is embellished by clear, expressive illustrations. The pace is exactly right, the resolution totally satisfying.' Dorothy Butler, Babies Need Books. 'A modern classic.' The Independent. 'This book has enduring charm and young children will delight in the preposterous notion of a tiger creating mayhem in the house.' Junior Magazine Praise for 'Mog the Forgetful Cat': 'Grandparents are likely to get as much fun out of seeing it again as the new generation of fans just learning to read!' Choice Magazine Praise for Goodbye Mog: 'Kerr's warmth, humour and honesty make this an engaging introduction to a difficult topic.' Financial Times 'Believable, amusing and moving.' Nursery World 'A supremely sensitive story.' The Times

Junior Magazine
`This book has enduring charm and young children will delight in the preposterous notion of a tiger creating mayhem in the house.'

Dorothy Butler, Babies Need Books.
`Near perfection of form is embellished by clear, expressive illustrations. The pace is exactly right, the resolution totally satisfying.'

Book Description
The enchanting story of Sophie and her extraordinary tea-time guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published 40 years ago. Now a new generation can enjoy this classic picture book with beautiful flocked soft-to-touch tiger illustrations throughout. The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger! This modern classic picture book is perfect for reading aloud, or for small children to read to themselves time and again. All artwork has been re-originated and a fresh design approach has been used for this reformatted edition with furry soft-to-touch flocking on every tiger illustration. Key title / A reassuring, funny story with a hint of anarchy which has delighted children ever since it first appeared. / 2008 is the 40th anniversary year of the first publication of The Tiger Who Came to Tea. / This classic picture book has sold over one million copies. / Children will love running hands over the delightfully textured furry flocked tiger on the cover and interior pages -- produced using the very latest high quality print techniques. / Judith Kerr is a well-respected author -- her first novel, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, won the prestigious Jugenbuchpreis in Germany and is the creator of the adored Mog series. / HarperCollins are proud to be Judith Kerr's sole publisher.

Product Description
The enchanting story of Sophie and her extraordinary tea-time guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published 40 years ago. Now a new generation can enjoy this classic picture book with beautiful flocked soft-to-touch tiger illustrations throughout. The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger! This modern classic picture book is perfect for reading aloud, or for small children to read to themselves time and again. All artwork has been re-originated and a fresh design approach has been used for this reformatted edition with furry soft-to-touch flocking on every tiger illustration.

Synopsis
The enchanting story of Sophie and her extraordinary tea-time guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published 40 years ago. Now a new generation can enjoy this classic picture book with beautiful flocked soft-to-touch tiger illustrations throughout. The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger! This modern classic picture book is perfect for reading aloud, or for small children to read to themselves time and again. All artwork has been re-originated and a fresh design approach has been used for this reformatted edition with furry soft-to-touch flocking on every tiger illustration.

From the Back Cover
The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger!

The multi-million selling picture book no childhood should be without.

About the Author
Judith Kerr was born in Berlin, the daughter of a distinguished German writer. She left Germany with her family in 1933 to escape the Nazis and they arrived in England in 1936, having spent the intervening years in Switzerland and France. She is married to the writer Nigel Kneale. Their daughter Tacy makes puppets for films and their son Matthew is an acclaimed novelist.

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-07-07 rating:

a great tradition yet quirky book

my two sons aged 3 and a half and aged 15 months both sit in awe of this book! there is a traditional feel with the mummy making this fantasic tea which she is happy to share with this stranger at the door - a tiger! then there is the crazy element that you would let a tiger into your house - the tiger never roars at all and amazingly my very vocal boys never roar when they see him in this book as he is a friendly tiger.
this book is simply great, a must have for parents and children.

review by: date: 2008-05-26 rating:

Classic title
My little daughter loved this at bedtime. The moral - that which appears on the outside to be frightening and threatening need not be so upon examination - is such an important one for children to appreciate; an antidote to the prevailing scare culture where middle-class children are increasingly driven everywhere in a vehicle and kept from playing out on the street and taught to shun strangers.

A gentle, warm story with ditto illustrations. Magic!

review by: 10-year-old-reviewer date: 2008-05-01 rating:

BRILL BOOK
One day, there was a knock at the door of Sophie's house, just as she and her mummy were going to have tea, but the milkman had already come and it was not the day for the boy from the grocer; it could not be daddy because he was coming home a little bit later and he had his keys. Who was the mysterious being at the door? Find out in this book...

This book is wonderful: the illustrations are vivid and bright; the vocabulary range is good for children aged from 4 - 7 and the story line is delightful. It is a truly superb book.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book with my brother (who enjoyed it as well) and would rate it, for myself and on behalf of my brother, 10/ 10.

review by: date: 2008-04-29 rating:

"But the tiger didn't just take one cake, he took all the cakes on the plate!"
I bought the anniversary edition (with touchy-feely tiger stripes) for my son who is almost three and we have been reading it constantly. The story is easy to follow and features a loveable tiger who turns up for tea and ends up eating everything in the house. I remember enjoying this book when I was at school 25 years ago. It hasn't changed one bit.

review by: date: 2008-03-17 rating:

Very sweet, we like it already
A friend bought this book for our son's Christmas because she said she had loved it herself as a child. We just dug it out this week, and already our little boy (20 months) is hooked. He loves identifying all the bits & bobs in the pictures (for some reason the brushes were especially fascinating tonight), and I like speculating what on earth inspired Judith Kerr to write the story, because it is very very odd.

Our household is terribly old-fashioned in that my husband works and I stay at home to look after our son, and we do like to go out for dinner sometimes, so this book is especially appealing to us because it sort of reflects our life. I just hope that if any tigers do come to tea, they will be as polite and smiley as the tiger in this book!

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